Yuriy Mishchenko and Natalia Pavlenko Collection

Category: Private Collections

Location: USA

The private collection of Yuriy Mishchenko and Natalia Pavlenko, a couple living in the USA. They began assembling the collection in the 2010s, driven by a desire to preserve and promote Petrykivka painting, especially rare works by masters of the older generation. At the time of its first public showing, the collection comprised 29 works on paper and canvas and represented all four generations of Petrykivka masters — from Nadiya Bilokin to contemporary authors.

In 2015, the collection was presented at The Ukrainian Museum in New York — the first exhibition of Petrykivka painting in the United States. Among the works of particular significance to the collectors are paintings by Nadiya Bilokin, Hanna Isaieva, Mariya Shyshatska, and “Kozak Mamai” by Halyna Nazarenko.